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Rattle1-1986

The paint is green and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Nakamgalisala
Material
cedar wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Bentwood Chest7755
Echo Voice Maker1994-96/1
Crooked Beak Mask | Humsumhl25.0/208

The mask was said to have been made nearly one hundred years ago by a carver named Hayogwis for chief Gwalis Gyekhendzi. This chief was the grandfather of Willie Seaweed, whose work is well represented in the Burke Museum collection. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint, wool, feather and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Drum | Beater/Rattle1992-7/1

The dye is red. The paint is red, green, gold, white, and black. The fur is rabbit.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood, rawhide hide, leather, rope, hemp, dye, abalone shell, copper metal, paint, gold, fur, rabbit, horse hair, bone and cord
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Rattle25.0/459

The paint is white, black, and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, cedar bark and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Whistle Reed1994-96/2
Head Ring7723
The Sleepy Giant Man1998-23/1
Neck Ring4790

Cedar bark to be used in the Tseyka, the Kwakwaka'wakw Winter Ceremonial, was dyed an orange-red with the inner bark of the red alder. This dyed bark was used alone or mixed with undyed bark to form red and pale buff stripes or patterns according to the traditional arrangement for each Tseyka participant. Principal participants wore cedar bark neck rings as part of their insignia: some of them simple lengths of shredded bark tied into a loop and hung with bark tassels, some plied into red or candy-striped ropes, and others of varying degrees of elaboration in twisted, wrapped, and plaited work. This triple neck ring is one of the most elaborate. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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